| Built By: | Thornycroft (Southampton) |
| Build Group: | F |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1920. |
| Displacement | 359 tons (surface) |
| 533 tons (submerged) | |
| Length | 151 ft |
| Draught | 10 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 16 ft 1 1/4 inch |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesels, 2 electric motors, 900bhp/400shp |
| Speed | 14.5 knotsot (surface) |
| 8.75 knots (submerged) | |
| Endurance | 3000 miles at 9 knots |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes |
| 1 x 18 inch stern torpedo tube | |
| 6 torpedoes | |
| 1 x 2-pounder deck gun | |
| Complement | 2 Officers, 16 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Preston 4/46 | |
When the Royal Navy finally introduced submarines at the turn of the Twentieth Century it was a revolution for the service and its new submariners, but few people know of the many years of struggle by numerous designers and inventors to make this happen.
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| Displacement | 359 tons (surface) |
| 533 tons (submerged) | |
| Length | 151 ft |
| Draught | 10 ft 7 inch |
| Beam | 16 ft 1 1/4 inch |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft diesels, 2 electric motors, 900bhp/400shp |
| Speed | 14.5 knotsot (surface) |
| 8.75 knots (submerged) | |
| Endurance | 3000 miles at 9 knots |
| Armament | 2 x 18 inch bow torpedo tubes |
| 1 x 18 inch stern torpedo tube | |
| 6 torpedoes | |
| 1 x 2-pounder deck gun | |
| Complement | 2 Officers, 16 Ratings. |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Scotts (Clyde) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Scrapped Preston 4/46 | |
When the Royal Navy finally introduced submarines at the turn of the Twentieth Century it was a revolution for the service and its new submariners, but few people know of the many years of struggle by numerous designers and inventors to make this happen.
17 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button
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